Coventry Biennial WARM UP: urbanflows: entangled in the grain of worlds, becoming
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sirenscrossing, entangled in the grain of worlds, 2019
Coventry…England…Britain. On the edge of the Atlantic. Not Europe…and not-not Europe. Planet Earth. Burning up. Somewhere in this mess of roads, construction site optimism and hyped-up fast moving tunes, fast food, slow decline, urban wasteland and screen swipe seduction, retail stupor-uber, zero hours, no time left. The vegans and petrol guzzlers are taking a stand. Can we dance the vitality of a wild planet even as it is dangerously altered by human technologies? By walking/moving through the urbanwild of Coventry, can humans begin to sense their own profound entanglement? urbanflows proposes a hybrid ecosystem, highlighting cycles of carbon (in the making of concrete; the burning of fossil fuels; the metabolisms of plants and creatures), and the meshed movements of air, water, mobile phones, machines, and living things. The wildness is mutating fast, but maybe not fast enough. The seduction of code/space, the cloud, the network… these conditions us to stay locked-in. Come on a journey through the messy real and remember your place in wildness…
urbanflows: entangled in the grain of worlds, becoming is an audience experience by sirenscrossing that journeys through the city of Coventry, with elements of performance, installation, sound, video, and words scattered throughout the everyday spaces passed through. Audience size is limited and tickets must be booked at least four hours in advance. If you have one, please bring your smart phone, charged and with data. You will receive the secret starting location and instructions by text and email the day before (or on the day of the performance for late bookings). The work will proceed rain or shine. You are advised to wear comfortable footwear for walking and dress for the weather conditions. Bring hope.
urbanflows: entangled in the grain of worlds, becoming is a sirenscrossing production. It was commissioned by Sensing the City (AHRC-funded/University of Warwick); funded by Arts Council England; and supported by Artspace Coventry, The Pod/Food Union, Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art, The Herbert Art Gallery.
sirenscrossing is a collaborative umbrella for artists from a variety of art form approaches and is led by Carolyn Deby. This production features: Jia-Yu Corti, Katye Coe, Lauren Sheerman, Annalise Cowan.
sirenscrossing creates site-based performances internationally, examining the everyday lived experience of humans in cities. Taking place directly in various city locations, the work reveals the urban as a field of converging flows and energies that shape our lived experience. Performance projects are always developed during extended residencies in each city, allowing the collaborators to work with local people to create the piece. Performances tend to be immersive, and highlight the everyday life of the city – combining sensory elements (sound, scent, installation, etc), multiple locations, audience and performer movement, text, video and sound scores.sirenscrossing’s immersive performance projects have taken place in Canada, Sweden, and England. Recent work includes: urbanflows (an experiment:1) in Daegu, South Korea (2018); urbanflows (you were here) in Coventry (2017); urbanflows: immersed in worlds (pilot project) in Coventry (2016); #urbanflowevent (rivercities) in London (2014); rivercities//dry in Trollhätton, Sweden (2013).
Performances on the 18th, 19th, 20th and 24th & 25th September.
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